The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on Monday doused speculations that its system was hacked following the glitch that virtually closed the Philippine airspace on New Year’s Day.
Interviewed on Dobol B TV, CAAP spokesperson Eric Apolonio mentioned he’s conscious of speculations circulating on social media that the glitch occurred as a result of their system was hacked.
According to him, the Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Systems for Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) is the “most well-secured facility” of CAAP.
“But alam niyo po itong CNS/ATM, ito po yung pinaka-well-secured na facility ng CAAP. Hindi basta puwedeng makapasok dito at may redundancy at may mga camera kaya makikita kung may human intervention na nangyari,” Apolonio mentioned.
(This CNS/ATM is probably the most well-secured facility of CAAP. It can’t be penetrated simply as a result of there may be redundancy and there are cameras so we will see if there may be human intervention.)
On the primary day of 2023, a minimum of 282 flights had been canceled, diverted, or delayed as CAAP recorded a technical situation on the Philippine Air Traffic Management Center (ATMC) at 9:50 a.m.
Some 56,000 passengers had been affected on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the nation’s fundamental gateway.
CAAP Director General Manuel Tamayo mentioned one of many uninterruptible energy provides (UPS) failed on Sunday morning and troubleshooting actions needed to be completed.
Once the system was reconnected to the facility provide, nevertheless, warnings had been launched at round lunch time attributable to over voltage as 380 volts had been coming in as an alternative of 220 volts.
This then affected the very small aperture terminal (VSAT), which additionally needed to be addressed.
According to Apolonio, the entire 44 CAAP-operated airports besides NAIA have returned to regular operations as of Monday morning.
“Normal na po yung operations kasi ang problema lang po is yung recovery flights sa NAIA dahil talagang NAIA ang talagang marami talagang flights,” he mentioned.
(We have regular operations besides at NAIA as a result of there are simply too many flights there.) —KBK, GMA Integrated News
